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More than 50 people were given free prostate cancer screening test on Saturday by Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation.

The screening test which was conducted for men above 45 years of age was part of the activities line up by the foundation to create awareness about prostate cancer and to mark the 2023 Annual Prostrate Cancer awareness walk.

The Nation reports that the screening test was conducted in a mobile health bus after the awareness walk that stretched for 3.3km, which began early morning from Ikeja under the bridge and ending at the city mall in Alausa.

Speaking on the importance of the programme, Dr Adebowale Oyebade of the department of surgery, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) , said the screening test become necessary to detect the disease at an early stage and to prolong men’s life.

“This is just a prostate cancer awareness. We all know that it is one of the commonness cancer in men and also second leading cause of death cancer in men. So for men, we say, in their life time, we expected at least one out of eight to end up with prostate issue. And out of that, one out of 38 died from prostate cancer.

“However, in this part of the world people tend to come up when the issue is very late. But with early detection, it will help you to achieve a cure for the disease. It will also help to reduce the financial burden from the family and individual.”

Oyebade also advised men above 45 years of age to prioritize prostate cancer screening the way they give special attention to their birthdays.

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He said: “Everybody have a special day in his or her life which is your birthday, that means during your birthday, maybe 2or 3 days after your birthday you get screened.”

Also, the Business Head at the foundation Toyin Ayodele, said the programme which is in its second year will continue for a long time.

“The initiative is very important to us and it is a yearly event. We tend to continue as long as we can. We use the work awareness to talk to the people of Lagos about the killer disease. The foundation is here to give them free screening.”

However, apart from free prostate cancer screening, the foundation also offered free blood pressure and blood sugar tests to everyone that participated in the programme.

A new football club, 1472 FC, was officially unveiled to the public in Lagos on Saturday with the owners promising to use it as a platform to further engage youths in football and entertainment.

The club will be competing in the second tier, Nigeria National League (NNL) which is expected to kick off in November this year.

At the unveiling, 1472 FC CEO, Dr Segun Sanni, revealed that the club have its base in Surulere but will play its home matches in the NNL at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan in Lagos pending the completion of renovation at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere.

“We will be playing our home matches at the Onikan Stadium but will return to Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere which is our base,” said Sanni.

On the choice of club name, 1472 FC, Sanni explained that it was coined from the year when Portuguese explorer Rui de Sequeira landed in Lagos and named the area near the city, Lagos or Lago de Curamo, meaning Lake of Curamo.

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“We’ve named the club so because a Portuguese explorer gave Lagos that name that year and we feel it is fitting to do so,” he said.

1472 FC have a feeder (youth team) and are working on putting in place a women’s team, according to Sanni. The club have plans to also take off with their academy in January of 2024.

Influential persons in Surulere like Actor turned Politician and Lagos House of Assembly member, Honourable Desmond Elliott, Honourable Abiodun Orekoya, and Surulere local government chairman, Sulaiman Bamidele Yusuf offered their support for the take-off of 1472 FC.

Elliot said: “It is a good time to have a football club in 1472 FC in Surulere. From inception, we have been involved with the plan and it is good to see it come to reality. The club will be run professionally from management to players.”

Orekoya said the vision to set the club up in Surulere is good as the town is “home of football in Nigeria.”